Hmmmm, that seems to be a big jump.... I don't know the seller, but a missing piece of glass doesn't automatically make the seller a liar and a cheat.

chriscraftmatt1976

08-23-2013, 02:29 PM

It makes him dishonest... It's the old 'he didn't lie, he just didn't volunteer the truth'.

I wouldn't buy anything off a guy like that.

scott023

08-23-2013, 02:59 PM

It makes him dishonest... It's the old 'he didn't lie, he just didn't volunteer the truth'.

I wouldn't buy anything off a guy like that.

it doesn't mean he switched the hour meter. That's a big jump.

chriscraftmatt1976

08-23-2013, 03:13 PM

it doesn't mean he switched the hour meter. That's a big jump.

No... it doesn't mean he switched the hour meter...

It's not that big of a jump for me, perhaps because I've caught people and dealers alike that you would never suspect, doing it.

When it's buyer beware, I don't trust anyone.

There's a barefoot 200 that's roaming around a thread on here, that was on a cl for $500. Really beat up. I contacted the owner about a possible refurb project. Nice guy. Sent me a ton of pics. Turned out the transom was badly cracked and needed replaced. I passed. Someone else bought it, dropped a motor on it, and it is now on another Craigslist for $4500, and either the guy selling doesn't know enough about boats to know he's gonna be screwing somebody, or he's Ok with it. Most likely the latter since he knows enough to get a motor rigged on it.

I'm not accusing anybody of anything, I'm only saying I wouldn't trust it personally. There's too many great boats out there to not trust the guy you're buying it from.

I was in the boat business for almost 10 years, and I've been around and in competition ski boats my entire life. There's no lack of shady deals out there. Not everybody is as honest as you or I Scott.

scott023

08-23-2013, 03:36 PM

No... it doesn't mean he switched the hour meter...

It's not that big of a jump for me, perhaps because I've caught people and dealers alike that you would never suspect, doing it.

When it's buyer beware, I don't trust anyone.

There's a barefoot 200 that's roaming around a thread on here, that was on a cl for $500. Really beat up. I contacted the owner about a possible refurb project. Nice guy. Sent me a ton of pics. Turned out the transom was badly cracked and needed replaced. I passed. Someone else bought it, dropped a motor on it, and it is now on another Craigslist for $4500, and either the guy selling doesn't know enough about boats to know he's gonna be screwing somebody, or he's Ok with it. Most likely the latter since he knows enough to get a motor rigged on it.

I'm not accusing anybody of anything, I'm only saying I wouldn't trust it personally. There's too many great boats out there to not trust the guy you're buying it from.

I was in the boat business for almost 10 years, and I've been around and in competition ski boats my entire life. There's no lack of shady deals out there. Not everybody is as honest as you or I Scott.

I agree with everything you said. Just saying i don't think its fair to assume the worst.

SKIBUMM

08-23-2013, 03:58 PM

It might be that it malfunctioned at some point. I can attest to this as my boat shows 283 hours on the meter but it has not worked since about the third year. I will say I feel that there are much better things to look at than hours on a boat.

chriscraftmatt1976

08-23-2013, 04:37 PM

I agree with everything you said. Just saying i don't think its fair to assume the worst.

When you're spending that kind of $, you're obliged to, Imo. Maybe others would disagree. The author of the post above this doesn't seem to mind.

And who knows, maybe it did break... Maybe he's not the original owner and the last guy replaced it. Who knows.

All I know is if I was buying a boat, I would be asking these questions. I disagree with the contention that other things are more important. If you make a list of top 3 questions you ask before buying a used boat, hours on boat is one of the three for me.